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• BC Ferries CEO floats prospect that fares may rise 30% or more in 2028

  28-11-2024 23:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The CEO of BC Ferries is warning the company may need to increase fares by 30 per cent or more in 2028, when the current fare structure expires.
  Nicolas Jimenez says in a written statement the corporation had forecast last year that such a price rise would be needed to keep up with operating and capital costs, but costs since then have spiked, including a 40 per cent jump in shipbuilding expenses.
  The rising costs have created “a growing funding gap” that Jimenez says will require &l
  
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• Alouettes GM Maciocia picks Alexander over Fajardo as starting QB

  28-11-2024 23:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — There’s a saying in professional sports that head coaches want to win now, while general managers think about the future.
  By choosing quarterback Davis Alexander over Cody Fajardo as the Montreal Alouettes starter, GM Danny Maciocia believes he’s killing two birds with one stone.
  “I have to take care of the present but also the future,” Maciocia said Thursday during a news conference at Olympic Stadium. “I don’t miss a single practice …
  
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• Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation gala raises $200K - Chilliwack Progress

  28-11-2024 23:12 via news.google.com
  Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation gala raises $200K  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Music groups come together for 'A Chilliwack Christmas Celebration' - Chilliwack Progress

  28-11-2024 23:00 via news.google.com
  Music groups come together for 'A Chilliwack Christmas Celebration'  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• 'Messiah in the Valley' returns to Chilliwack, Aldergrove - Chilliwack Progress

  28-11-2024 23:00 via news.google.com
  'Messiah in the Valley' returns to Chilliwack, Aldergrove  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Diapers? Yes. Skates? No. A look at items getting a tax holiday

  28-11-2024 22:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The federal government says cost-conscious families are among the groups set to benefit from a proposed tax holiday, a temporary policy that will make many children’s items and packaged foods tax-free for two months.The list runs the gamut from Christmas trees to booster seats, but exceptions abound: shoes but not cleats; video game consoles but not headsets; stuffies but not hockey cards.
  Here’s a closer look at the items that will or won’t qualify for a GST/HS
  
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• Outcome remains unclear as final UN plastic treaty talks reaches halfway mark

  28-11-2024 22:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canadian officials say negotiations on an international plastics treaty have been predictably difficult, with no indication yet on whether there will even be a treaty at all.
  Negotiators from 177 countries are meeting in Busan, South Korea, for what is supposed to be the fifth and final round of talks to develop an international legally-binding treaty on plastic pollution.
  Canada was instrumental in bringing countries together to discuss a treaty at all, and hosted the last round
  
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• Abbotsford Mission Salvation Army Kettle campaign to kick off Friday

  28-11-2024 21:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The Abbotsford-Mission chapter of the Salvation Army will kick off its 2024 Christmas Kettle Campaign on Friday (Nov. 29) with a goal to raise $150,000 to support individuals and families in need. The funds will benefit the Centre of Hope on Gladys Avenue, enabling programs that provide practical assistance to the community.
  “We are excited to invite the communities of Abbotsford and Mission to participate in this year’s campaign in a fun and meaningful way,”
  
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• Report on hazing in sports shows disconnect between policy and reality

  28-11-2024 21:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — A new study finds there’s a disconnect between how hazing on sports teams in Canada is perceived and the realities of toxic culture.
  The Coaches Association of Ontario, with support from Hydro One, commissioned the survey by Leger.
  One thousand coaches representing more than 80 sports were surveyed for the report.
  It found that 86 per cent of coaches agree that hazing in sports is a serious issue, but only 40 per cent of respondents had a clear set of standards on acceptabl
  
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• Future of Sports in Canada Commission head invites more people to speak up

  28-11-2024 21:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — The woman at the helm of the Future of Sport in Canada Commission says many Canadians have participated so far and she encourages more to get involved.
  Former Ontario justice Lise Maisonneuve is leading consultations across the country in an effort to make sport safer and make the sport system run better. The commission reached the halfway mark of those consultations in Calgary this week.
  Federal sports minister Carla Qualtrough announced the commission in December of 2023 despit
  
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• Canadian women expect physical challenge from Iceland in soccer friendly in Spain

  28-11-2024 21:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Interim coach Cindy Tye is expecting a stiff challenge Friday when the sixth-ranked Canadians take on No. 13 Iceland in an international women’s soccer friendly in Spain.
  Iceland posted a 4-1-1 record in qualifying for the 2025 UEFA Women’s Championship, finishing runner-up to fourth-ranked Germany in a group that also featured No. 17 Austria and No. 32 Poland. That included a 3-0 win over the visiting Germans which marked the first time Germany has been beaten by three goals in a co
  
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• ‘Clearly identifiable signs’: Quebec report highlights domestic violence risk factors

  28-11-2024 20:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Quebec committee that examines domestic violence deaths has found that many victims aren’t accessing the help they need even if the signs of violence are clear.
  The Comité d’examen des décès liés à la violence conjugale, which is associated with the Quebec coroner’s office, examined 16 fatal domestic violence cases that took place between 2018 and 2022, resulting in 24 deaths.
  The report published today found that there are
  
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• One in custody after Chilliwack bank robbery - Fraser Valley Today

  28-11-2024 20:44 via news.google.com
  One in custody after Chilliwack bank robbery  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• One in custody after Chilliwack bank robbery

  28-11-2024 20:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A 23-year-old man is in custody following a bank robbery in Chilliwack on Wednesday afternoon.
  Chilliwack RCMP responded to a robbery report at approximately 3:30 p.m. on November 27, 2024. The incident occurred at the TD bank in the 46000 block of Yale Road. According to police, the suspect handed a note demanding money to a bank teller, who complied. The suspect fled on foot before officers arrived. No injuries were reported.
  Frontline officers, along with the General Invest
  
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• 1 arrested after Chilliwack bank robbery - CTV News Vancouver

  28-11-2024 20:37 via news.google.com
  1 arrested after Chilliwack bank robbery  CTV News Vancouver
  
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• Montreal shopping mall playing ‘Baby Shark’ song to prevent unhoused from loitering

  28-11-2024 20:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A shopping mall and office complex in downtown Montreal is being criticized for using the popular children’s song “Baby Shark” to discourage unhoused people from loitering in its emergency exit stairwells.Sam Watts, CEO of Welcome Hall Mission, which offers services to homeless people, says the “cruel and unusual” tactic by the mall displaces the problem of homelessness rather than address it.
  At the mall this morning, the children’s song was
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP nab bank robber minutes after crime - Chilliwack Progress

  28-11-2024 20:34 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack RCMP nab bank robber minutes after crime  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• B.C. Chiefs ‘alarmed’ by federal and B.C. government’s role in First Nations dispute

  28-11-2024 20:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs says the federal and provincial governments are wrongfully choosing sides in a land title dispute between two First Nations.The union says it’s “alarmed” that B.C. and Canada are supporting the Nisga’a Nation’s bid to be added as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by the Gitanyow Nation seeking Aboriginal rights and title over a 6,200-square-kilometre area in northwestern B.C.The Nisga’a Nation says the area claimed by the Gitanyow
  
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• 23-year-old man in custody following bank robbery in Chilliwack - Voiceonline.com

  28-11-2024 20:27 via news.google.com
  23-year-old man in custody following bank robbery in Chilliwack  Voiceonline.com
  
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• Harrison guitarist releases musical tribute to village - Chilliwack Progress

  28-11-2024 20:14 via news.google.com
  Harrison guitarist releases musical tribute to village  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• BC Place to be fenced off for Taylor Swift shows, with zone limited to ticket holders

  28-11-2024 20:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Vancouver officials say areas around BC Place stadium will be strictly limited to ticket holders for Taylor Swift’s three Eras Tour shows that begin next week, as they announce preparations for what they say will be one of the biggest event weekends in the city’s history.
  Police, city, stadium and transport officials say 160,000 fans have tickets for the shows on Dec. 6, 7 and 8, and up to 40 per cent are international travellers.
  The officials say in a news release
  
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• Ottawa Charge bring ‘relentless’ identity to nation’s capital in second PWHL season

  28-11-2024 20:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Ottawa Charge have a revitalized roster, a new identity and a redefined mentality heading into the Professional Women’s Hockey League’s second season.
  After missing the playoffs by just three points in the league’s inaugural season, Ottawa head coach Carla MacLeod painted a clear picture of the Charge’s mindset during training camp.
  “The Ottawa Charge mentality is one built on relentlessness,” MacLeod said.
  MacLeod said that relentless ident
  
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• Montreal billionaire sued for allegedly paying minors for sex wants names of accusers

  28-11-2024 19:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A lawyer representing Quebec electronics billionaire Robert Miller says his client must know who his accusers are in a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging he paid minors for sex.
  Karim Renno told a Quebec Superior Court hearing today that Miller, founder of global electronics firm Future Electronics, can’t present a full defence if he doesn’t know who is accusing him.
  A judge is hearing arguments over three days to decide whether to authorize the lawsuit, which al
  
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• All-Star Weekend Fan Vote: Chilliwack Chiefs push for Brady Milburn - Chilliwack Progress

  28-11-2024 19:50 via news.google.com
  All-Star Weekend Fan Vote: Chilliwack Chiefs push for Brady Milburn  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• All-Star Weekend Fan Vote: Chilliwack Chiefs push for Brady Milburn - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  28-11-2024 19:50 via news.google.com
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• Breakfast drive-thru to bring in toys for Chilliwack kids - Chilliwack Progress

  28-11-2024 19:23 via news.google.com
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• Fraser Valley brims with holiday spirit with Christmas Craft Fairs

  28-11-2024 18:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FRASER VALLEY — The holiday season is underway, and the Fraser Valley is bursting with festive cheer as several Christmas craft fairs are set to keep shoppers and families busy on Saturday (Nov. 30).
  In Chilliwack, the Ryder Lake Christmas Craft Fair will welcome visitors from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Ryder Lake Hall, 49265 Elk View Road. The fair promises a wide selection of handcrafted goods, perfect for holiday gift-giving or stocking stuffers.
  St. John’s Anglican Church, located at 46
  
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• New AFC Toronto midfielder Cloey Uddenberg played her part in Canada soccer history

  28-11-2024 18:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Midfielder Cloey Uddenberg, AFC Toronto’s latest recruit to the new Northern Super League, comes with a resume that includes successful stops at the University of Guelph, South Alabama and Purdue, as well as an award-winning stint in League1 Ontario.
  And, wearing the colours of St. Kitts and Nevis internationally, the 22-year-old from Richmond Hill, Ont., also played her part in Canadian soccer history.
  Uddenberg was on the field for St. Kitts in Edinburg, Texas, for an 11-
  
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• Eliminating open-net fish farms in B.C. would cost taxpayers billions: report

  28-11-2024 18:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C. — A report commissioned by the BC Salmon Farmers Association says the proposed federal ban on marine net-pens in British Columbia would cost taxpayers billions and have “severe consequences” for Canada’s economy, Indigenous communities, and food security.
  The report by economics firm RIAS Inc. says ban would result in $9 billion of “unnecessary costs” to taxpayers to close the sector and subsidize companies with “unproven closed cont
  
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• HBC drops out of Oakridge Park redevelopment in Vancouver

  28-11-2024 17:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HBC is backing out of its plan to operate a store at the redeveloped Oakridge Park in Vancouver.
  The Toronto-based retailer says it recently reached an agreement with QuadReal Properties allowing it to exit from the mixed-use project.
  Asked what prompted the change of plans, HBC spokesperson Tiffany Bourré said in an email that the company continuously looks at opportunities to optimize its real estate portfolio.
  She says the company instead plans to serve the Vancouver community by inves
  
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• Blair says future of defence relies on building relationships with Indigenous Peoples

  28-11-2024 17:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Defence Minister Bill Blair says his department’s future success depends upon building and strengthening relationships with Indigenous communities in a way that’s consistent with reconciliation.
  Blair was speaking today at the first national Indigenous defence conference in Ottawa, which involves Indigenous leaders, defence professionals and government talking about the impact of the military on Indigenous lands, stewardship and treaty rights.
  Blair says defence of the
  
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• Supreme Court of Canada declines to hear appeal from former fashion mogul Nygard

  28-11-2024 17:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear an appeal from former fashion mogul Peter Nygard.
  The high court has rejected a leave to appeal request concerning Nygard’s extradition to the United States, where he faces sex trafficking and racketeering charges.
  Nygard wanted a judicial review of the order to extradite him, but the Manitoba Court of Appeal rejected the request in May, and Nygard’s lawyers had hoped to take the matter to the Supreme Court.As is its standard p
  
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• Georgia suspends talks on joining the EU for 4 years, accusing the bloc of ‘blackmail’

  28-11-2024 16:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgia is suspending talks on its bid to join the European Union for four years, its prime minister said Thursday, in view of what he described as “blackmail and manipulation” from some of the bloc’s politicians.
  The statement by Irakli Kobakhize came hours after he was reappointed to the job by members of the governing Georgian Dream party after its disputed victory in last month’s parliamentary election that has sparked protests and led to
  
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• Nova Scotia curler Christina Black angling for a return trip to Tournament of Hearts

  28-11-2024 16:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Christina Black’s laser-precise draws drew oohs and aahs at the 2023 national women’s curling championship.
  The Nova Scotia skip wants to get back to the Scotties Tournament of Hearts for more of that.
  Her revamped team is making a case for a Hearts appearance February in Thunder Bay, Ont., and a berth in next year’s Olympic trials in its home province.Currently ranked fifth in Curling Canada’s national women’s rankings this season, Black has won three bonspiels and
  
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• Supreme Court to hear challenge of law that curbs spy watchdog members

  28-11-2024 16:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will weigh the constitutionality of legislation that limits members of a spy watchdog from using their parliamentary immunity to speak out.
  The top court’s decision today to hear the case reopens a thorny legal question about the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians, known as NSICOP.
  The committee, composed of MPs and senators from various parties, has access to highly classified information.
  Ordinarily, MPs and senator
  
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• Northern Ontario site selected for nuclear waste underground repository

  28-11-2024 16:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — A region in northern Ontario has been chosen as the site to hold Canada’s nuclear waste in a deep geological repository.
  The Nuclear Waste Management Organization announced its decision today, saying the people of both the town of Ignace and Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation have demonstrated their willingness to move forward.
  The process to select a site for the $26-billion project began in 2010 with 22 potential locations and was eventually narrowed down to two finalists in On
  
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• Canadian men climb four places to No. 31, reach all-time high in FIFA world rankings

  28-11-2024 15:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada will finish out the year at a career-high in the FIFA rankings after climbing four places to No. 31.
  The Canadian men had previously been as high as No. 33, achieved in February 2022 under John Herdman after turning heads with an unbeaten run in CONCACAF World Cup qualifying and being named the “Most Improved Side” in 2021 by FIFA.
  Canada’s lowest ranking was No. 122 in October 2014.
  The Canadian men started 2024 in 48th place, falling to No. 50 in February, and were ran
  
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• Five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek accepts a one-month suspension in doping case

  28-11-2024 15:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek accepted a one-month suspension after testing positive for the banned substance trimetazidine, a heart medication known as TMZ, the International Tennis Integrity Agency announced Thursday.
  Swiatek failed an out-of-competition drug test in August, and the ITIA accepted her explanation that the result was unintentional and was caused by the contamination of a nonprescription medication, melatonin, that Swiatek was taking for issues with jet lag and sleepi
  
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• Romanian court orders recount of first-round election won by far-right outsider

  28-11-2024 14:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A top Romanian court on Thursday asked the official electoral authority to recount and verify all of the ballots cast in the first round of the presidential election, which was won by a far-right outsider candidate, sending shockwaves through the political establishment.The Constitutional Court in Bucharest voted unanimously in favor of the recount, and said the decision is final. The Central Election Bureau is expected to meet on Thursday afternoon to discuss the
  
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• Chilliwack students put new twist on 'The Comedy of Errors' - Chilliwack Progress

  28-11-2024 14:35 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack students put new twist on 'The Comedy of Errors'  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Romanian court orders a recount of presidential election first round

  28-11-2024 14:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A top Romanian court on Thursday asked the official electoral authority to recount and verify all of the ballots cast in the first-round of the presidential election.
  The Constitutional Court in Bucharest voted unanimously in favor of the recount, and said the decision is final. The Central Election Bureau are scheduled to meet on Thursday afternoon to discuss the request.
  Calin Georgescu, a little-known, far-right populist, won the first round in the election, be
  
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• Former British soldier convicted of passing on sensitive information to the Iranian government

  28-11-2024 12:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON (AP) — A former British soldier whose audacious escape from a London prison spurred a dayslong search was convicted on Thursday of passing on sensitive information to the Iranian intelligence service.
  Daniel Khalife, 23, was found guilty by a jury in Woolwich Crown Court on violations of Britain’s Official Secrets Act by collecting information useful to an enemy — Iran. He was cleared of a charge of planting fake bombs in his military barracks.
  Prosecutors said Khalife p
  
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• At least 13 dead after landslides bury 40 homes in villages in eastern Uganda

  28-11-2024 11:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — At least 13 people have died in eastern Uganda after landslides buried 40 homes in six villages, relief officials said Thursday.
  The Uganda Red Cross Society said 13 bodies have been recovered and the rescue effort is continuing.
  Local media reported that authorities expect the death toll could rise to 30.
  The landslides happened after heavy rains on Wednesday night in the mountainous district of Bulambuli, where landslides are common.
  A journalist in the area told Th
  
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• Cyprus could become a member of NATO when conditions permit, the country’s president says

  28-11-2024 10:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus could apply to become a member of NATO once its armed forces receive the necessary training and equipment with U.S. help to bring them up to the standards of the world’s premier military alliance, the president of the Mediterranean island nation said Thursday.
  President Nikos Christodoulides put Cyprus on a trajectory for possible NATO membership, ending weeks of media speculation about his government’s intentions following his meeting with U.S. Pr
  
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• In the news today : Liberals’ GST break expected to pass today

  28-11-2024 10:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed…
  Liberals, NDP expected to pass GST holiday in House of Commons today
  Legislation to create a two-month-long GST holiday is expected to pass today. The bill was introduced on behalf of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland in the House of Commons on Wednesday afternoon, with the help of the NDP to at least temporarily stop debate on a Conservative filibuster. The NDP only agreed to support the bill after F
  
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• Liberals, NDP expected to pass GST holiday in House of Commons today

  28-11-2024 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Legislation to create a two-month-long GST holiday is expected to pass today.
  The bill was introduced on behalf of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland in the House of Commons on Wednesday afternoon, with the help of the NDP to at least temporarily stop debate on a Conservative filibuster.
  The NDP only agreed to support the bill after Freeland separated the GST break from a promise to also send $250 to most working Canadians in the spring.
  The NDP wants that benefit expanded to also
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP nab bank robber minutes after crime - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  28-11-2024 09:00 via news.google.com
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• Hurricanes rally to beat Rangers 4-3 extending home win streak to nine

  28-11-2024 07:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Jackson Blake scored 2:07 apart midway through the third period, and the Carolina Hurricanes rallied to beat the New York Rangers 4-3 on Wednesday night.
  Jack Drury and Seth Jarvis also scored as the Hurricanes won their ninth straight at home. Martin Necas had two assists to take over the NHL points lead and Spencer Martin made 20 saves.
  The Hurricanes’ latest win came two nights after they scored five goals in the third period to beat Dal
  
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• Gaudette scores go-ahead goal as Senators beat Sharks 4-3 with only 11 shots on goal

  28-11-2024 07:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Adam Gaudette had two goals, including a late go-ahead score, Linus Ullmark made 36 saves and the Ottawa Senators beat the San Jose Sharks 4-3 on Wednesday night with only 11 shots on goal.
  Gaudette tipped a hard pass by Stutzle past Sharks goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood with 4:12 left for his fourth goal in as many games. San Jose had tied the game earlier in the period on goals by Macklin Celebrini and Will Smith.Stutzle’s assist was his third of the game.
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• Boise State withdraws from Mountain West volleyball tournament rather than play San Jose State

  28-11-2024 07:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Boise State, which twice boycotted regular-season matches with San Jose State, pulled out of the Mountain West women’s volleyball tournament Wednesday night even after securing a spot in the semifinals against the Spartans.
  San Jose State, which received six forfeit victories because of boycotts from Mountain West opponents, is seeded second in the conference tournament and received a first-round bye. Now the Spartans will advance all the way to Saturday’s cham
  
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